Maryland Wraps Up Play at Big Ten Match Play Championship

PALM COAST, Fla – The Maryland men’s golf team finished 0-2-1 at the 15th annual Big Ten Match Play Championship over the weekend (Feb. 3-4) at the Hammock Beach Resort: Ocean Course. The Terps won several individual matches and a team tie against Penn State in the semifinals.

Maryland did not compete in the Friday morning session due to the drawing selection and received a BYE to the Friday afternoon quarterfinal session. The morning round was also reduced from 18-holes to 9-holes due to inclement weather after the 2:21 delay.

Round 2 Results (Quarterfinals) – 3-2-0

Northwestern (No. 1) def. Maryland ( No. 9) 

J. Imai def. Will Koras – 6&5

D. Nyfjall def. Will Celiberti – 1UP

Ronnie Kim def. C. Adam – 5&3

D. Svard def. Dillon Brown – 1UP

Constantin Mons def. J. Driscoll – 2&1

The Terrapins came back to tie the match with Penn State, picking up two individual match wins. 

Round 3 Results (Semifinals) – 2-2-1

Maryland (No. 9) Ties Penn State (No.7)

J. Griffin def. Will Celiberti – 4&3

Ronnie Kim vs. P. Sheehan – Tie 

Dillon Brown def. J. Allen – 1UP

Armand Papaziani def. M. Lofland  – 1UP

J. Langile def. Constantin Mons – 4&2

Over the two-day tournament (Feb. 3-4), the Terrapins played the par-72 – 6,981-yard at the Ocean Course at Hammock Beach Resort designed by 18-times major champion Jack Nicklaus.  

Round 4 Results (Finals) – 4-1-0

Michigan State (No. 2) def. Maryland (No. 9)

D. Hackett def. Will Celiberti – 4&3

A.  McCullough def. Ronnie Kim – 3&2

A. Meekhof def. Dillon Brown – 5&4

Will Koras def. H. Arnold – 6&4

B. Smithson def. Armand Papaziani – 6&5

Constantin Mons def. S. Pierce – 5&4 

The Phillips’ Perspective…

“I was proud of the effort the team exhibited this week,” head coach John Phillips said. “We played some really good golf against a great opponent yesterday (Northwestern) and continued that play this morning (Penn State). I was happy with the production out of our freshmen, with each of them winning at least one match. We have a couple of areas of the game that we need to clean up before we head to Puerto Rico, but the team is excited to get back to College Park and go to work.”

Maryland Individual Match Play Records 2023

Constantin Mons: 2-1-0

Ronnie Kim: 1-1-1

Armand Papaziani: 1-1-0

Will Koras: 1-1-0

Dillon Brown: 1-2-0

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